Cap for wear



Patented Mar. 25,` 1947 CAP Foa WEAR Estella lihiliips Marder, Nottingham, and William N. Green, West Bridgford, Nottingham, England, assignors to Byard Manufacturing Company, Limited, Nottingham, England Application April 29, 1944, Serial No. 533,306 In Great Britain August 12, 1943 of the wearers head, a peak connected to said part by textile material, which material extends downwardly to the nape of the neck, and is provided with draw strings extending from the two sides of the peak to the napo, whereby the edges can be constricted to encompass and securely retain the whole of the wearers hair.

In order that the nature of the invention may be more readily understood attention is called to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing an industrial cap according to the invention, and

Figure 2 is a rear perspective view.

The material from which the cap is made is preferably net or open-work, and may conveniently be made on a warp knitting machine or Raschel loom. The material may, however, be made on a twist lace machine.

It will be seen that the crown of the wearers head is encompassed by a portion designated I. This is preferably a circular piece of fabric, and is reinforced along the lines 2 and 3. The portion I may comprise four separate pieces, each one being substantially a quarter of a circle, and such four portions being united by stitching along the lines 2 and 3 where they overlap.

Alternatively, the portion I may be a circular portion and strips of reinforcing material along lines 2 and 3 may be secured by stitching. Consequent upon being so reinforced portion I has little or no stretch.

Secured by stitching to the edge 4 of the portion I is a piece of fabric 5. which extends forwardly to the peak t to which it is secured by stitching, and which extends rearwardly and downwardly in the form of a pouch-like snood, so that its lowermost point reaches the nape of the wearers neck as indicated at B.

The edge of the fabric extending from each side of the peak to the nape of the neck iS secured to an edging 9 in the form of a tube or channel which may, if desired, extend across theY top of the peak as indicated at I Ii, so that the raw edge of the part 5 is trapped between the peak and the part IIJ, and is secured to both by stitching.

The channel 9 is interrupted in the nape of the neck, and a draw string extends from each end of the peak and emerges at the position of interruption, so that after the cap has been placed on the wearers head the two draw strings are drawn together, and then tied to tighten the cap, and to secure the whole of the hair of the wearer. In the drawings the draw-strings indicated at II are shown in this position.

By virtue of the crown part I being secured to the remainder of the cap by stitching at 4 the edge of the crown part is further reinforced.

There is a degree of fullness in the parts 5 and i, but there is no fullness in the part l. The parts 5 and 1 may be constituted by one piece of material joined by sewing along the line i2 which is a continuation of the line 3.

It is found that caps in accordance with this invention are very comfortable in use. being comparatively light in weight and admitting air to the wearers head, at the same time they are very effective in that they encompass the whole of the wearers hair and retain it securely in position, so that the risk of the hair being caught in moving parts of machinery and the like is obviated.

We claim:

l. A cap comprising a substantially circular piece of fabric forming the crown piece of said cap and adapted to cover the crown of the wearers head, a peak, a separate substantially stripshaped piece of fabric adapted to form the side parts of said cap and to encompass the wearers head around the crown of the same, said stripshaped piece of fabric extending from the edge of said circular piece of fabric forming the crown piece of said cap at the front thereof to said peak, at the sides at least partly over the wearers ears and at the rear down to the nape of the wearers neck in the form of a pouch-like snood, said stripshaped piece of fabric being firmly sewn all along its upper edge to said circular piece of fabric and at its lower front edge to said peak, and draw strings extending from each end of said peak to said nape for securing said cap in position and encomp assing the hair of the wearer.

2. IA cap comprising a substantially circular piece of fabric forming the crown piece of said cap; a peak; and a separate single piece of fabric forming at the sides of said cap the side portions thereof and at the rear of said cap a continuous pouch-like snood extending from said crown piece of saidv cap downwardly to the nape of the neck the nape of the neck and being inwardly turnedV and constricted along the lower edge thereof; and means securing said separate single piece of fabric al1 along its upper edge tothe edge of said piece of fabric forming the crown piece ofv said cap. Y

4. A cap comprising a substantially circular piece of fabric forming the crown piece ofsaid cap; a separate single piece of fabric forming at the front and at the sides of said cap the front and side portions thereof and at the rear of said capp a vcontinuous pouch-like lsnood extending from said crown piece of said cap downwardly to the nape of the neck and being inwardly turned and 'constricted along the lower edge thereof; means securing the upper edge of said separate single piece of fabric to the edge of said substantially circular piece of fabric forming the crown piece of said cap; means securing the front edges of said Vseparate single piece of fabric to each other; and a peak secured Vat the front of said cap to the lower edge of said separate single piece of fabric.

`5. A capcomprising Aa's'ubstantially circular piece of fabric forming the crown piece of said cap; a peak; -a separate single piece of fabric vso forming at the sides of said cap the side portions thereof and at the rear of said cap a continuous pouch-like snood extending from said crown piece of said cap downwardly to the nape of the neck;

and means extending along theedgeof said con-f tinuousl pouch-like snood so as'to turn the same inwardly and constrict it along its lower edge.

6. A cap comprising a substantially circular piece of fabric forming the crownpiece of said cap; 'a peak; a separate single piece of fabric forming at the sides of said cap the side portions Athereof and at the rear of said cap a continuous pouch-like snood extending from said crown piece of said cap downwardly to the napeV ofthe neck; and draw strings extending along the edge of said continuous pouch-like snood so as to turn thevsame inwardly and constrict it along its lower edge.

ESTELLA PHILLIPS MARDER. W. N. GREEN.

REFERENoEs CITED Thefollowing references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 'Marks Sept. 7, 1926 

